International Consultant – Strategic Business Analysis

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Background

UN Women

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Asia and the Pacific

Through the regional office in Bangkok and several country and multi-country offices, UN Women builds on a long history of support to governments and women’s movements. UN Women’s programmes in Asia and the Pacific focus on ending violence against women, humanitarian action and disaster risk reduction, women’s economic empowerment, CEDAW and women’s human rights, peace and security, governance, and HIV/AIDS. For more information about UN Women in Asia and the Pacific, please visit the official website.

Strategic Partnerships Pillar within the External Relations Unit

At the regional office, the Strategic Partnerships Pillar is one of the three functional pillars of the External Relations unit (covering regional Partnerships & RM, Advocacy and Communications). The Strategic Partnerships Pillar focuses on building partnerships with bilateral partners as well as private sector entities, non-profit organizations, and the media. In addition, the Strategic Partnerships team supports country offices with their private sector fundraising and engagement efforts and helps build their resource mobilization capacity.

Scope of Work

The purpose of the consultancy is to assist the External Relations unit in conducting extensive business and strategic analysis of UN Women’s historical and current fundraising performance and trends, be the focal point for ROAP on Leads, as well as other business process and analysis needs for UN Women ROAP. This role will be key in providing both the regional office and (multi)country offices in Asia and the Pacific the strategic business intelligence and analysis they need to support the overall execution of the strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation strategy, as well as reinforce a data-driven approach in funds mobilization.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Identifying, designing, developing and implementing business intelligence to capture, consolidate, organize, analyze and report on UN Women’s funding trends and performance in the Asia-Pacific region;
• Providing real-time data to management (both ROAP and Country Offices) to make strategic decisions and enable the mobilization of resources from various income sources
• Support the content mapping and establishing a systematic process for the Regional External Relations Community of Practice;
• Inputs and support provided to the development of the Regional Strategic Note;
• Support COs (Country Offices) with Leads (i.e. updating/cleaning their leads entries), and other support as requested by COs;

Expected deliverables and timelines

Tasks and Deliverables

Target Dates

Monthly Status Report provided. This report can include updates on the progress in any of the following areas of work:

• Regional, country-specific and donor Power BI report
• Quarterly status update reports on Leads
• Monthly funding analyses
• Content mapping and work related to the Regional External Relations Community of Practice
• Inputs to regional strategic note development (as required)

Every 15th of each months starting on 15 February

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent command of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment;
• The consultant must have a strong sense of responsibility, a flexible and proactive mindset, and the ability to work independently; and
• Ability to work in a highly pressured environment.

Required Skills and Experience

• Education:

  • At least a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Policy, International Relations, Economics, Statistics or other related field.
  • A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

• Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years of professional work experience in strategic partnerships analysis, business analysis and/or business/donor intelligence is required;
  • Knowledge/experience of coding languages such as Python is an asset;
  • Experience using data visualization tools such as Power BI is an asset; and
  • Experience with the UN system is an asset.

• Language requirement:

  • Proficiency in English. Working knowledge of another UN language is desirable

• Supervision

The consultant will work under the supervision of the Regional Head of External Relations. UN Women will provide the consultant with a work laptop and a workstation if the consultant is based in Bangkok. If home-based/flexible location, then the laptop and workstation will not be provided. In the event, that the consultant needs to travel during the consultancy for assignment-related purposes, UN Women will bear the costs of requested travel expenses.

Contract period and work location

This a 12-month contract commencing on 17 January 2022 and ending on 31 December 2022. The International Consultant will be based out of Bangkok, Thailand.

Evaluation

Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis:

• Technical qualification (100 points)

Technical qualification evaluation criteria:

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria: Technical Evaluation Criteria

Obtainable Score

A) Education

25%

B) Experience and skills

45%

C) Language and report writing skills

30%

Total Obtainable Score

100%

Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically-qualified candidates who may be contacted for validation interview.

Submission of application

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org, with cc to alisha.eamroongroj@unwomen.org , not later than 15 December 2021.

Submission package must include:

• Cover letter outlining relevant work experience
• UN Women Personal History Form(P11);
• Sample business / financial analysis report (1 only)

UNW Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided?on the basis of?qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.?

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.?

UN Women?has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.? All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)?